Kadsura coccinea (Lem.) A.C. Smith is used as a medicinal plant and cosmetic material in China and Southeast Asia. To mass-produce Kadsura coccinea seedlings, the effects of gibberellic acid (GA3) and cold stratification treatments on seed germination were investigated. Seed germination rate with GA3 treatment was most effective at concentrations of 250 or 500 mg/L. With respect to mean germination time (MGT), mean daily germination, and T50 (days to reach 50% seed germination), the germination-promoting effect was improved as the concentration of GA3 increased. Stem growth of seedlings was the highest following GA3 treatments of 250 and 500 mg/L, and the growth promoting effect gradually decreased as the concentration of GA3 decreased. Root growth was stimulated at GA3 concentrations of 250–1,000 mg/L. Examination of the effect of stratification treatment for 15, 30 and 60 days at temperatures of 0, 5 and 10℃ on the germination rate revealed that the most stratification treatment temperature was 10℃, and the results improved with longer treatment periods. Altogether, GA3 and stratification treatments improved the seed germination rate, shortened the MGT, improved germination uniformity, and produced healthy seedlings.

To develop eco-friendly microbial inoculants, siderophore-producing bacteria were isolated and identified, and their production characteristics and plant growth-promoting abilities were investigated. A strain S21 was isolated from rhizosphere of Korean perilla (Perilla frutescens) and identified as Enterobacter amnigenus by phenotypic properties and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The highest siderophore production was obtained in a medium containing 0.5% fructose, 0.1% urea, 0.5% K2HPO4 and 0.1% succinic acid. By using this improved medium, siderophore production increased by 2.5 times compared to that of basal medium. The strain S21 showed insoluble phosphate solubilizing, ammonification and antifungal activities, and also produced hydrolytic enzymes (protease and lipase), indoleacetic acid and 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase. Our data suggest that E. amnigenus S21 is a potential candidate that can be used as eco-friendly biocontrol agent and biofertilizer.

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of phosphorus acid (H3PO3) addition to the horticultural bed soil on the initial growth of red pepper (Capsicum annuum L. cv.), cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. cv.), and kimchi cabbage (Brassica campestris L. ssp. pekinensis (Lour.) Rupr. cv.). The stem heights of red pepper and cucumber were 46.1% and 23.0% greater in the 50 mg/L of phosphorus acid treatment than the untreated (control). Further, the stem diameter of pepper and cucumber were 48.7% and 23.0% greater in the 50 mg/L of phosphorus acid treatment than the control. In addition, the number of kimchi cabbage leaves was 47.5% greater in the 50 mg/L of phosphorus acid treatment than the control. The dry weights of red pepper, cucumber and kimchi cabbage were 72.9%, 16.5%, and 30.4% heavier in the 50 mg/L than the control, respectively. Cations (K, Ca, and Mg) and total phosphorus (T - P) were quantitatively analyzed for these three horticultural crops. The concentrations of K, Ca, and Mg, and T - P were higher in the 50 mg/L of phosphorus acid than the control, respectively. Based on the results obtained in this study, it appears that treatment of phosphorus acid in horticultural bed soil enhanced the growth of red pepper, cucumber and Kimchi cabbage.

채색 문화재 및 전통회화의 적색, 황색 안료로 사용되는 진사, 웅황, 그리고 자황의 광물학적 특성을 분석하고 촉진내후성 평가를 통한 안정성을 평가하였다. 진사는 시료명을 JB, JS로 하였고, 웅황과 자황은 각각 UH, JH로 하였다. 광물학적 특성 평가 결과 JB, JS는 cinnabar (HgS)로 주구성 광물이 확인되었고, 품위에 따른 화학성분에 차이를 보이지 않았다. UH와 JH는 각각 realgar (AsS), orpiment (As2S3)로 주구성 광물이 확인되었다. 편광현미경 관찰 결과 쪼개짐, 색상 등 편광학적 특성을 통해 모 두 천연적으로 생성된 무기안료임을 알 수 있었다. 특히 진사의 경우 성분분석으로는 천연적으로 생성된 안료인지 인공안료인지 판별이 쉽지 않은데 편광현미경을 통해 천연안료가 가지는 입자특성 및 쪼개짐을 확인하였으며, 열적 반응 특성을 확인하였다. 열분석 결과 JH가 UH에 비해 유리전이 온도가 높고 안정한 것을 확인하였다. 촉진내후성 평가 결과 진사, 웅황 그리고 자황은 모두 광열화에 의한 색변화가 크게 나타나며, 진사는 최종적으로 흑색(blackening)되고 웅황과 자황은 밝은 노란색으로 변한다. Meta-cinnabar로 예상되는 JB가 cinnabar인 JS에 비해 흑화현상이 더 빨리 촉진되었으며, UH (realgar)는 광조사에 의해 arsenolite (As2O3)로 변하는 것을 확인하였다.

염해에 노출된 콘크리트 구조물의 내구수명을 정량적으로 평가하기 위해서는 사용 배합을 통하여 확산계수를 평가하고 이를 이용한 염화물 침투 해석이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 비말대에 노출된 콘크리트 구조물에 대하여 촉진 확산계수를 NT BUILD 492 및 ASTM 1202를 통하여 평가하였으며, 기존의 연구를 이용하여 겉보기 확산계수를 도출하였다. 사용배합의 특성과 가장 보수적인 조건인 임계 염화물량과 표면 염화물량을 고려하였으며, Life 365 ver.2 프로그램을 이용하여 외벽 및 기둥구조의 내구수명을 평가하였다. 10년 및 15년의 Built-up period의 변화에 대해서는 내구수명은 큰 차이를 보이지 않았으며. 슬래그를 사용한 두 개의 배합에서는 높은 시간의존성 지수와 낮은 초기 염화물 확산계수로 인해 75년 이상의 높은 내구수명이 확보되었다.

This study was carried out in order to evaluate the growth promotion effects on tomato crops and to assess the mineral nutrient concentrations of farm-made liquid fertilizers used in organic cultivation in South Korea. We hope that this study will help to develop of a standardized manufacturing technique for these organic liquid fertilizers. We collected 62 farm-made liquid fertilizers made from various raw materials including fish, seaweed, food scraps, plant and crop by-products, and other materials. Two groups of tomato seedlings were treated at different times, one at 20 days and the other at 40 days after sowing. We used both foliar and soil applications. These seedlings were treated using liquid fertilizers at various dilution rates (x1000, x500 and x100). When foliar application was used, seedlings after 20 days had a 20-30% increase in shoot fresh weight with 47-48 fertilizers and seedlings after 40 days had a 20-30% increase in shoot fresh weight with 17-32 fertilizers. When soil application was used, seedlings after 20 days had the same increase in shoot fresh weight with 30-31 fertilizers and seedlings after 40 days also saw the same increase with 6-7 fertilizers. Therefore, our studies showed that application of liquid fertilizers to seedlings 20 days after sowing was most effective and that foliar treatment was more effective than soil treatments. We also observed that the higher the concentrations of fertilizer, particularly when applied twice rather than just once, the higher the rates of growth, which promoted shoot fresh weight more than plant height. Our results imply that mineral nutrients in liquid fertilizers seem to be the probable cause for the growth promotion observed in this study. However, more study is required to determine exactly which mineral nutrients are most effective.

본 연구에서는 국내에서 사용되고 있는 우레탄계, 세라믹계, 폴리실록산계 및 불소수지계 강교량용 도장계를 대상으로 실내 부식실험을 실시하여 도장계별 노화모델을 도출하였다. 상도를 구분하여 각 도장계별로 시험편을 제작하였으며, 직경 0.5, 1, 3, 5 mm의 원형 결함을 도입하였다. ISO 20340를 이용하여 극한환경을 모사한 부식촉진실험을 실시하였다. 도장계별 노화곡선은 원형결함의 노화면적을 기준으로 평가되었다. 노화곡선을 사용하여 공용중인 강교의 도장 사용수명을 평가하기 위하여 촉진배율을 산출하였으며, 촉진배율은 ISO 20340과 ISO 9223의 대기환경 부식속도를 기준으로 산출되었다. 실험결과, 노화진전속도는 원형결함의 크기와 상관없이 증가하였으며, 노화면적이 3%일 때 우레탄 도장계의 노화수명은 C2, C3, C4 및 C5 등급에서 약 31.8, 15.8, 9.9 및 3.9년으로 평가되었다.

아세틸 헥사펩타이드 8 (AH8)은 보톡스 메커니즘을 응용한 주름 개선 펩타이드 소재로, 보톡스의 타겟인 synatosomal-associated protein 25 (SNAP25) N말단 서열을 모방하여 개발되었다. 주름 개선 효과가 보고되고 있지만 큰 분자량과 친수성 성질에 의하여 피부 흡수는 잘 되지 않는다는 문제가 있다. 따라서 피부 보습 성분 중에서 AH8의 피부 흡수를 증가시켜 줄 수 있는 물질을 탐색하였는데, 히알루론산(HA)이 AH8의 피부 흡수를 증가시켰다. 형광물질로 표지한 AH8만 MicropigⓇ skin 에 발라주면 대부분 각질을 투과하지 못하고 각질층에 존재하였다. 반면, HA를 함께 도포한 경우에는 각질층을 투과하여 표피, 진피로 흡수된 AH8가 증가하는 것을 형광 이미지 분석을 통해 확인했다. 특히 5 kDa 저분자량 HA가 500 kDa, 2000 kDa HA보다 피부 흡수를 더 많이 증가시켰다. HA가 피부 각질층에 미치는 영향을 푸리에변환 적외 분광법(Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, FTIR)으로 분석해보니, 고분자량 HA는 각질 수분 함량을 증가시키고, 저분자량 HA는 지질층의 유동성을 증가시키는 경향성이 있었다. 따라서 HA는 AH8의 피부 흡수를 증가시켜 주름 개선 효과를 향상시켜 줄 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

Background : Hair care products are mainly prepared by mixing chemicals and natural extracts, such as those obtained from medicinal plants. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of 70% ethanolic extracts from the whole plant of Houttuynia cordata and tymosin β4 powder mixtures on the growth of HaCat cells, hair follicle dermal papilla cells (HFDPC), and 3T3-L1 cells. Methods and Results : In the ratio of tymosin β4 more than 10% concentrations, the cell viability of HaCat and HFDPC cell were increased by higher tymosin β4 concentrations. The mixtures of 70% ethanolic extract of H. cordata and tymosin β4 had no toxicity potential to 3T3-L1 cell viability. In this test, the content of thymosin β4 was higher concentration, as the anti-inflammatory effect was increased. The lipid differentiation of 3T3-L1 cells adipogenesis rate significantly increased in a treatment concentration-dependent manner. Conclusion : These results suggest that a optimal mixture ratio of hair growth effect was 70% ethanolic extract of H. cordata solution 50% and tymosin β4 solution 50%. This mixture solution could be used in the development of hair care products.

Background : Zingiber officinale is known as the source of the pungent, aromatic spice called ginger. Ginger, especially dried rhizomes, has been widely used for many medicinal purposes. The pungent principles in ginger are the non-volatile phenolic compounds gingerol, gingeridione and shogaol. It is cultivated 1,046 ha as 5 th of 55 medicinal crops in Korea (2016). Ginger has been successfully propagated using internodal cuttings. Ginger emergences at 18℃ or higher, and it takes about 40 - 50 days to emerges after sowing. Therefore, it is required a cultivation method that promote the emergence. Methods and Results : The internodal cuttings with 25 – 35 g was planted on 30 April at 30 × 30 ㎝ on 120 ㎝ broad bed. Five covering materials included the illite non-woven fabric (18 g/㎡), rice straw and vinyl were treated to promote emergence and early growth. Soil temperature covered by illite non-woven fabric was higher by 2.6 - 2.8℃ than that of rice straw covering, and lower by 2.2 - 2.4℃ than that of the transparent vinyl mulching. Emergence was faster in the illite non-woven fabric mulching by 5 - 6 days compared to vinyl mulching. It was presumed to be due to the small diurnal difference with increasing soil temperature. The covering with illite non-woven fabric had a large plant height and a large leaf number. So, the early growth in the covering of illite non-woven fabric was better than other treatments. There was a differences in rhizome’s yield among treatments. The content of gingerol was 2.29 – 2.37 ㎎/g and there was no significant difference. Conclusion : From the above results, covering illite non-woven fabric until sprouting after planting promoted its emergence and early growth.

Background : Panax ginseng is an important crop based on its pharmaceutical efficacy in the Asian countries, it cultivated in Korea is usually harvested after 4 to 6 years of cultivation, whereas various abiotic stresses lead to a reduction of its quality. One of them is the Aluminum (Al) accumulation. Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) can play a role in plant health and growth and has been considered as a new trend for supporting the growth of many crops in heavy metal occupied areas. Accordingly, this study aimed to utilize PGPR to enhance the resistance of the ginseng plant against Al stress. Methods and Results : The screening of several PGPR isolated from ginseng cultivate soil had been carried out by in vitro and in planta studies to confirm the plant growth promoting traits. Amongst, the strain Rhizobium panacihumi DCY116T was registered as one novel bacteria species and found to have IAA, siderophores production and phosphate solubilization traits, heavy metal resistance activity, and antifungal activity by in vitro test. Furthermore, in the perennial plant ginseng, fifteen minutes dipping of 108 CFU/㎖ DCY116T was enough to prime 1.5-years-old ginseng seedlings against given Al stress. Ginseng seedlings treated with DCY116T showed higher biomass, active compounds (like ginsenoside, proline, total phenolic, sugars) than non-bacterized Al-stressed seedlings. DCY116T treatment induced Al stress related genes, ROS scavenging genes, ABA biosynthesis genes and root hair formation genes which prevent the Al stress. Conclusion : R. panacihumi DCY116T can be used to prime ginseng seedlings and induced its Al resistance. Also, it can promote the root hair formation. Based on these results, strain DCY116T can be as a potential plant growth promoting bacterium used in the future for the cultivation of ginseng or other kind of crop/ plant growth under Al stress.

To develope a microbial weed control agent, HCN-producing bacteria were isolated, and their characteristics were investigated. A selected strain of WA15 was identified as Pseudomonas koreensis by morphological, cultural, biochemical and 16S rRNA gene analyses. The conditions for HCN production was investigated by a One-Variable-at-a-Time (OVT) method. The optimal HCN production conditions were tryptone 1%, glycine 0.06%, NaCl 1% , and an initial pH and temperature of 5.0 and 30℃, respectively. The major component for HCN production was glycine. Under optimal conditions, HCN production was about 3 times higher than that of the basal medium. The WA15 strain had physiological activities, such as indoleacetic acid that was associated with the elongation of plant roots and siderophore and ammonification inhibiting fungal growth, and produced hydrolytic enzymes, such as cellulase, pectinase and lipase. The strain was able to inhibit the growth of phytopathogenic fungi, such as Rhizoctonia solani, Botrytis cinerea and Fusarium oxysporum, by the synergistic action of volatile HCN and diffusible antimicrobial compounds. A microscopic observation of R. solani that was teated with the WA15 strain showed morphological abnormalities of fungal mycelia, which could explain the role of the antimicrobial metabolites that were produced by the WA15 strain. The volatile HCN produced by the WA15 strain was also found to have insecticidal activity against termites. Our results indicate that Pseudomonas koreensis WA15 can be applied as a microbial agent for weed control and also as a termite repellent. Furthermore, it could be applied as a microbial termiticidal agent to replace synthetic insecticides.

전 세계적인 지구 온난화로 인한 가뭄은 농작물의 생산성을 저해하는 주요 원인 중 하나이며, 고온과 건조가 복합적으로 작용하여 식물 생장을 감소시킨다. 본 연구에서는 Bacillus velezensis YP2 균주의 식물 생육촉진 및 건조 스트레스 내성 증진 효과를 온실과 시설하우스 포장에서 조사하였다. 또한 B. velezensis YP2 균주의 처리 전과 후 케일 근권과 뿌리에서 배양법에 의한 상대 정량 방법으로 B. velezensis YP2 균주의 근권 및 뿌리 정착능을 분석하였다. 온실 검정 결과 YP2 균주 처리구에서는 무처리구와 비교하여 케일 유묘의 초장 26.7% 및 지상부 생체중 142.2% 증가시키는 효과가 있었다. 또한 B. velezensis YP2 처리구에서는 무처리구와 비교하여 39.4%의 건조 피해 경감 효과가 있었다. 시설하우스 포장 검정 결과에서도 B. velezensis YP2 균주 처리에 의한 케일의 생장촉진 효과와 건조 스트레스 내성 증진 효과가 있었으며, B. velezensis YP2 처리구에서 케일 잎의 상대수분함량이 무처리구와 비교하여 7, 10, 14일에 모두 높은 것으로 나타났다. B. velezensis YP2 균주의 뿌리 정착능 분석 결과, 균주 처리 21일까지 케일 근권 및 뿌리 균밀도가 무처리구와 비교하여 B. velezensis YP2 처리구에서 유의하게 높은 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 균주 처리 후 최소한 21일이 경과할 때까지 B. velezensis YP2 균주가 케일 근권과 뿌리에 정착하여 식물과 상호작용함으로서 생육을 촉진하고 식물의 물 이용률을 증가시켜 건조 스트레스 내성을 증진하는 데 관련이 있을 것으로 판단된다. 본 연구 결과를 통하여 B. velezensis YP2 균주는 가뭄으로 인한 건조한 토양 조건에서 작물 생산성을 향상시키는 가능성이 있는 유용한 미생물로 이용할 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

In many climatic conditions, there is UV ray, which is called ultraviolet rays, which has the greatest effect on sealing materials. Because UV has high energy, it changes the internal structure of polymer and causes quality deterioration. In addition, temperature, humidity, and rainfall, snowfall, and atmospheric pollutants are also factors to be avoided in maintaining the integrity of the sealant. In this study, we tried to obtain reproducibility by using a composite deterioration test device which can describe the environment of the outside air as a part of the research project to investigate the weather change in the prototype of the structural sealant. The outdoor exposure test result and the composite deterioration test device Correlation analysis. In the future, it will be possible to predict the changes in the physical properties of the structural sealant by applying the composite deterioration test equipment and outdoor exposure test data.